Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Individuals with a History of ASDs Who Have Achieved Optimal Outcomes

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Dec;44(12):3168–3184. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2182-y

Table 5: Repetitive Behavior Scale - Revised (RBS): Ritualistic Behavior Subscale

	TD	OO	HFA	Kruskal Wallis χ²	P	η ²	Mann Whitney Post-Hoc
N	30	26	36

	0.07	0.62	0.92
Eating/Mealtime	(0.37)	(0.85)	(112)	16.06	<.001	0.17	HFA, OO > TD
	(0–2)	(0–2)	(0–3)
None	97%	62%	51%
Mild	0%	15%	19%	16.84	0.002	0.35	HFA, OO > TD
Moderate/Severe	3%	23%	30%

	0	0.27	0.50
Sleeping/Bedtime	(0)	(0.72)	(0.88)	10.93	0.004	0.12	HFA, OO > TD
	--	(0-3)	(0–3)
None	100%	84%	69%
Mild	0%	8%	17%	11.25	0.02	0.25	HFA > TD
Moderate/Severe	0%	8%	14%

Self-Care - Bathroom and Dressing	0.03	0.08	0.49
	(0.18)	(0.27)	(0.80)	14.22	0.001	0.15	HFA > OO, TD
	(0-1)	(0–1)	(0–3)
None	97%	92%	65%
Mild	3%	8%	27%	14.63	0.006	0.28	HFA > OO, TD
Moderate/Severe	0%	0%	8%

	0	0.04	0.44
Travel/Transportation	(0)	(0.20)	(0.84)	14.24	0.001	0.16	HFA > OO, TD
	--	(0-1)	(0–3)
None	100%	97%	72%
Mild	0%	3%	17%	14.58	0.006	0.28	HFA > OO, TD
Moderate/Severe	0%	0%	11%

	0.03	0.19	0.73
Play/Leisure	(0.18)	(0.49)	(0.90)	20.21	<.001	0.22	HFA > OO, TD
	(0-1)	(0–2)	(0–3)
None	97%	84%	51%
Mild	3%	12%	30%	20.41	<.001	0.33	HFA > OO, TD
Moderate/Severe	0%	4%	19%

Communication/ Social Interaction	0.03	0.23	1.06
Communication/ Social Interaction	(0.18)	(0.51)	(107)	27.27	<.001	0.30	HFA > OO, TD
	(0–1)	(0-2)	(0–3)
None	97%	21%	42%
Mild	3%	15%	22%	20.24	<.001	0.40	HFA > OO, TD
Moderate/Severe	0%	4%	36%

Note. Table reports means, followed by SDs and ranges in parentheses, as well as the percentage of participants who exhibited mild (received a 1 on the RBS item) or moderate to severe repetitive behavior (received a 2 or 3 on the RBS item).